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So if I’m a hiring manager looking at someone with a recent degree from University of Leicester I have to discount their math abilities. Their alumni should co
by alfl 6y ago
So if I’m a hiring manager looking at someone with a recent degree from University of Leicester I have to discount their math abilities.
Their alumni should complain that the administration is harming the value of their credentials.
- bzbarsky 6y ago> I have to discount their math abilities. Do you? The implication that "applied math" doesn't involve math abilities is an interesting one, but doesn't have bearing on reality. There is a good bit of interesting, and quite challenging, applied mathematics going on out there. Including large chunks of what we usually call "computer science". If I'm a hiring manager hiring for a position where quantitative skills matter, hiring someone who did applied math at a high level is absolutely something I would look for.
- alfl 6y agoTotally fair. Depends on the problem space you’re hiring for. I’m still gonna check though :)